War on Terrorism

Thursday, August 25, 2016

DHS
has released The Joint
Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT) 2016 Counterterrorism Guide for Public
Safety Personnel. The guide is designed to assist first
responders, emergency services and security personnel in identifying,
preventing, reporting and responding to terrorism.The
guide highlights:

Terrorist attack planning cycle.

Importance of identifying and
reporting suspicious activity.

Precursors of violent extremism.

Specific terrorist tactics, techniques
and procedures that may be used against public safety personnel.

This
guide has been designated public
safety sensitive, and copies will be released only to vetted
public safety professionals. To obtain a copy, please email your request to asknlectc@justnet.orgfrom an official agency email address,
and provide your name, title, agency name and contact information.

Mohamed Amiin Ali Roble, 20, formerly of Minneapolis, was
charged today by criminal complaint with providing and conspiring to provide
material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

The charges were announced by Assistant Attorney General for
National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger of the District
of Minnesota and Special Agent in Charge Richard T. Thornton of the FBI’s
Minneapolis Division.

According to the complaint and documents filed in court, on
Oct. 4, 2014, Roble flew to China with a family member.In November 2014, four of Roble’s associates
in Minnesota attempted to travel from Minnesota to Syria to join ISIL, via JFK
International Airport in New York.The
four defendants were stopped by federal law enforcement agents at JFK and were
prevented from flying from New York to various destinations in Europe.Also in November 2014, Roble bought airplane
tickets and flew to Istanbul, but returned to China shortly thereafter.

On Dec. 27, 2014, Roble again traveled to Istanbul and,
according to the complaint, subsequently made his way into Syria and joined
ISIL.

A criminal complaint is merely an allegation, and the
defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a
reasonable doubt in a court of law.

This case is the result of an investigation conducted by
members of the FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF).The Minnesota JTTF includes members fromthe U.S. Marshals Service; Bloomington,
Minnesota, Police Department; Ramsey County, Minnesota, Sheriff’s Office;
Hennepin County, Minnesota, Sheriff’s Office, Federal Air Marshals Service;
Customs and Border Patrol; Department of Homeland Security; Minneapolis Police Department;
the Airport Police; Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation; and the
FBI.The National Security Division’s
Counterterrorism Section and the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of
Minnesota are prosecuting the case.

Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla, 23, of Starkville, Mississippi, was
sentenced today to serve 96 months in prison for conspiring to provide material
support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated
foreign terrorist organization.

Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P.
Carlin, U.S. Attorney Felicia C. Adams of the Northern District of Mississippi
and Special Agent in Charge Donald Alway of the FBI’s Jackson, Mississippi,
Division made the announcement.

On March 13, Dakhlalla pleaded guilty before Chief U.S.
District Judge Sharion Aycock of the Northern District of Mississippi, who
imposed today’s sentence and ordered Dakhlalla to serve a 15-year term of
supervised release.

Dakhlalla pleaded guilty to conspiring with Jaelyn Delshaun
Young, 20, also of Starkville, to provide material support to ISIL.Young pleaded guilty to the same charge on
March 30 and was sentenced to serve 12 years in prison to be followed by 15
years of supervised release on Aug. 11.

The investigation was conducted by the FBI’s Jackson
Division Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Washington Field Office.The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S.
Attorneys Clay Joyner and Bob Norman of the Northern District of Mississippi
and Trial Attorney Rebecca Magnone of the National Security Division’s
Counterterrorism Section.